Menasha gallery, Fox Valley artists gearing up for the end of the world (just in case)

2:42 PM,
Nov. 16, 2012

Artist Steve Ballard works on his mixed-media sculpture titled 'Along the Dark Rift' in his home in Appleton. The piece will be part of the 'End of the World Show' opening at the Wild Apple Glass Studio and Gallery in Menasha. The show allows artists to give their creative take on the Mayan Prophecy of 2012.

Kara Patterson
Post-Crescent staff writer

On Dec. 21, the long-count calendar of the Maya - a Mesoamerican culture based in southern Mexico, Guatemala and northern Belize (often referred to as Mayan) - reaches the end of a cycle and resets. This has given rise to speculation about the significance, if any, of that date, including potential cataclysmic scenarios or other notable world events. Some even have suggested it could mark the end of everything.